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¨:~^%£@@## on earth (the planet where i live) a ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%£@@@@ lot of us have antennas on our houses @@@@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%££@@# or balconies, we have built large #@@££%^~:¨
¨:~^^^£@@# antennas for larger bandwith, we have #@@£^^^~:¨
¨:~^%@@### build specialized antennaes for ###@@%^~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:^£@ specific wavelengths (and sent them @£^:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^£@ into orbit), we've built large as fuck @£^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~%£@@### antenna arrays ###@@£%~:¨
¨:~^%£@### we've virtually built an antenna with a ###@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%£@@## dish as large as earth. ##@@£%^~:¨
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¨:~^%£@@@# we've learned about our position in the #@@@£%^~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨::^£@ solar system, our solar systems @£^::¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~^%£@@## placement in the galaxy, and our ##@@£%^~:¨
¨¨¨¨~^££@@ galaxys placement in the local cluster, @@££^~¨¨¨¨
¨:~^%£@@## and ~our~ local clusters place in the ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%£@@## grand scheme of things ##@@£%^~:¨
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¨:~^%£@@## and we're moving around the sun at ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:~~~%££@# velocity and the suns moving around the #@££%~~~:¨
¨:~^%£@### center of the galaxy at velocity and ###@£%^~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:^%£@ the galaxy is moving toward andromeda @£%^:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~^£££@ and we're both moving anticlockwise @£££^~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:^^£@# around the galaxy. and we as a species #@£^^:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:^^£@ have learned to take all that in account @£^^:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨:~^%£@@## and despite all this, despite all our ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%£@@## (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%£££@@ radio programmes out in fucking space @@£££%^~:¨
¨:~^%£@@## at the speed of light (light is our ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%£@@## medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), ##@@£%^~:¨
¨¨¨::^%£@# despite ghosts helping and the #@£%^::¨¨¨
¨:~^%£@@## collective consciousness lowpass ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:^%£@@### filtering, despite our very obvious ###@@£%^:¨
¨:~^%£@@## beaming of all our secrets in every ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%£@@## direction known to us, ##@@£%^~:¨
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¨¨¨:~%££@@ no ¨ one ¨ has ¨ answered @@££%~:¨¨¨
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¨:~^%£@### #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ###@£%^~:¨
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¨¨¨~^%£@@@ so why is that? @@@£%^~¨¨¨
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:~^%£@@### most opponents to intelligent life in ###@@£%^~:
¨:~^%£@@## the universe say it's because you need ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%£@@## a class one-or-the-other star and the ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%£@@## planet needs to be at a see-and-so ##@@£%^~:¨
¨¨¨::^£@@@ distance away from the star (like there @@@£^::¨¨¨
¨:~^%£@@## has to be a planet!) ##@@£%^~:¨
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¨:~^%£@@## but really isn't that keeping the ##@@£%^~:¨
¨:~^%£@@## definition of life really lax? ##@@£%^~:¨
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¨:~^%££££@ i think everyone agrees that we have no @££££%^~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~%@ idea what we're doing (and it probably @%~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~^%£££@@ shows) @@£££%^~:¨
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¨:~^%££@@@ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# @@@££%^~:¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~%@ i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette @%~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~%%@@ this year and try to snatch some beers @@%%~~¨¨¨¨
¨:~^%£@@## from the local beer thing ##@@£%^~:¨
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